Raul Pompéia (12 April1863 - 25 December1895)was a Brazilian writer, who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro . He is considered a naturalist author, with his main literary work being O Ateneu. He committed suicide after being challenged to a duel by writer Olavo Bilac; the rationale for the duel being the accusations of said author that Pompéia was an homosexual. O Ateneu is prominent in Brazilian literature to this day.
